Mexico 2023 20 pesos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by the Mexico City mint to honor the 500th anniversary of the founding of the town of Colima. Like many recent issues, it remains unlisted in the SCWC. The oblong patch on the obverse contains microengraving, an anticounterfeiting device. The twenty pesos was reduced from 15.95 g, 32 mm diameter to 12.67 g, 30 mm diameter, in 2019.

Recorded mintage: 9,995,172.

Specification: 12.67 g, nickel brass center in an aluminum bronze ring, 30 mm diameter, interrupted reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

Link to:

• 2022 20 pesos, bicentennial of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the USA
• 2022 20 pesos, centennial of the Mennonites in Mexico
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• 2023 20 pesos, bicentennial of the military academy
• 2023 1/10 onza
• 2023 ¼ onza, silver
• 2023 2 onzas
• 2023 5 onzas
• 2024 2 pesos
• Coins and currency dated 2023
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date